ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2025
Limb strength asymmetries in elite academy volleyball players: impacts on performance outcomes and insights derived from principal component analysis.
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- Relationship between ankle mobility and vertical jump performance across playing positions in professional female volleyball players.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to investigate intra- and inter-limb strength imbalances and asymmetries in elite academy volleyball players and their relationships with sprint performance, kinetics, kinematics, countermovement jump (CMJ), squat jump (SJ), and agility performances and (2) to apply principle component analysis (PCA) to identify and better understand the underlying factors that contributing to volleyball performance.
methodsThirty-seven elite academy volleyball players completed four testing sessions, assessing pro-agility, sprint, isokinetic strength at 60°s
resultsAt 60°s
conclusionsIntra-limb and inter-limb strength imbalances and asymmetries were found to be weakly to moderately associated with sprint performance, sprint kinetics, kinematics, and jump-related outcomes. PCA results further identified jump variables, lower-limb strength, sprint metrics, and intra-limb ratios as key, interconnected contributors to volleyball performance.
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